[TenTec] Orion II back home

[John Huggins]

New Caps?  Higher Voltage required?  I'm spooked.  What happened?

Ron Castro wrote:

>I saw your later post about the voltage of the caps.  They should definitely 
>outlast the originals.  Next time I have mine apart, I'll look to see what 
>TT put back in their place now that they know this is a common failure 
>point.  I just got my radio on the table and turned on, and so far, so good. 
>All the settings were different, so whoever worked on it put it through the 
>paces.
>
>         Ron Castro
> Chief Technical Officer
>    Results Radio, LLC
>               N6IE
>      www.N6IE.com
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Rick Williams" <rick.williams at telus.net>
>To: "TenTec List" <TenTec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II back home
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>>Well done Ron and here's a little more irony.
>>
>>I received my Newark capacitors today.  Total time to remove the Orion 
>>from
>>the rack, undo all the torx screws remove and replace the caps (C6, C7 and
>>C9 from the power distribution board) and put it all back together was 
>>less
>>than an hour.
>>
>>The original caps were:
>>
>>      470 uF, 16 V, 85 C from CKRM
>>
>>Replaced with:
>>
>>     470 uF, 35 V, 105 C, Low ESR from Vishay (Newark part number 18C4716)
>>
>>There was no problem installing these - lots of room - and the lead 
>>spacing
>>was perfect. Preventative maintenance done!
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Rick
>>VE7TK
>>
>>Website:  http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
>>
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>>Subject: [TenTec] Orion II back home
>>From: "Ron Castro"
>>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:03:05 -0700
>>
>>I just got word from the XYL that my repaired Orion II was just delivered 
>>to
>>
>>the house.  Ironically, my ACOM 2000A amplifier which had been sent back 
>>to
>>MA
>>for a low voltage reading problem, arrived on the same truck!
>>
>>I'll be QRV for the 3-day weekend....
>>
>>        Ron  N6IE
>>     www.N6IE.com
>>
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